Reduce AWS Spend by 20–40%
— Without Slowing Your Team
I help UK scale-up CTOs transform unpredictable cloud costs into strategic advantages while strengthening security and accelerating delivery.
My name is Mateusz Drankowski, and I specialize in AWS Architecture, DevSecOps, and FinOps.
Learn more about meTrusted by scale-ups and enterprises across
AWS Architecture • DevSecOps • FinOps
Helping scale-ups systematically reduce AWS costs, strengthen security posture, and accelerate delivery.
Step 1 – Pick Your Starting Point
A proven, systematic approach: Diagnose → Fix → Scale
We deliver measurable results in weeks, not months.
AWS Cost & Security Health Check
(10 days)
A rapid, high-ROI assessment of your AWS environment. In just 10 days, you'll get a crystal-clear roadmap to cut costs and eliminate critical security gaps. We don't just deliver a report – we implement the first 3-5 high-impact fixes to show you immediate value.
- Deep-dive cost analysis → Identify 15-30% immediate savings
- Security posture review → Eliminate critical vulnerabilities
- 3-5 high-impact fixes implemented → Immediate cost & security wins
👉 Best for: Scale-ups with growing AWS bills or security compliance requirements.
✅ Risk-free: If we're not a fit after the kickoff, you won't be billed for the remaining days.
What's included exactly?
- • Comprehensive cost analysis → identify 15-30% savings
- • Executive-ready roadmap with ROI calculations
- • 3-5 immediate fixes implemented for instant value
What access do you need?
Read-only access for the first week, then limited implementation access for quick fixes.
How fast do we start?
Usually within 7-10 days of kickoff call.
Prefer email? Contact
DevSecOps Fast-Track
(4 weeks)
Go from inconsistent development practices to a secure, compliant, and high-velocity engineering powerhouse in 4 weeks. We build you a standardized, automated CI/CD foundation with enterprise-grade security baked in, so your team can focus on building features, not fighting fires.
- Secure CI/CD pipelines → 50% fewer security incidents
- Terraform landing zones → Consistent, compliant environments
- DORA metrics dashboards → 6x faster deployment velocity
- Automated compliance → Pass audits with confidence
- Container security → Zero production vulnerabilities
👉 Best for: Engineering orgs scaling fast or under compliance pressure.
If we're not a fit after the kickoff, you won't be billed for the remaining days.
What's included exactly?
- • Complete CI/CD pipelines with security scanning
- • Terraform landing zones and environments
- • DORA metrics dashboards and runbooks
What access do you need?
Read-only access for the first week, then repo and infrastructure access for implementation.
How fast do we start?
Usually within 7-10 days of kickoff call.
Prefer email? Contact
FinOps Implementation Project
(4–6 weeks)
Turn unpredictable cloud spending into a strategic advantage. This project establishes systematic control over your AWS costs, giving you full visibility, accountability, and the tools to drive continuous optimization. Stop reacting to your monthly bill and start managing it proactively.
- Strategic tagging & cost allocation → Full spending visibility by team/project
- Automated cost monitoring → Never get surprised by your AWS bill
- Resource rightsizing → 20-40% immediate cost reduction
👉 Best for: Companies with significant AWS spend needing systematic cost control.
If we're not a fit after the kickoff, you won't be billed for the remaining days.
What's included exactly?
- • Comprehensive tagging strategy and implementation
- • Cost monitoring tools and automated alerting
- • Resource optimization and rightsizing
What access do you need?
Billing/cost management access and implementation permissions for tagging and resource optimization.
How fast do we start?
Usually within 7-10 days of kickoff call.
Prefer email? Contact
Step 2 – Scale With Confidence
After the initial engagement, many clients choose to continue working with me in one of two ways:
Fractional Advisor
(1–3 days/month)
Ongoing guidance, roadmap alignment, architecture reviews, and leadership support.
Hourly Consulting
(Flexible)
Flexible expert support for projects, team enablement, or urgent needs.
Why Work With Me?
Proven 30% AWS Cost Reduction
For a leading enterprise, I drove a FinOps initiative that cut their annual AWS bill by 30%. I achieved this through systematic right-sizing across services (EC2, RDS, S3), implementing Savings Plans, and building a culture of cost-awareness across engineering, finance, and management teams.
Enterprise-Grade Secrets Management
For a Fortune 500 company, I architected and deployed a high-availability HashiCorp Vault cluster from the ground up. This eliminated insecure secret storage practices and provided engineering teams with a secure, centralized way to manage credentials, strengthening the company's overall security posture.
Migration & Modernization at Scale
I designed and executed the strategy to migrate over 7,000 engineers from Azure DevOps to GitHub. This included establishing new CI/CD best practices, embedding advanced security features, and delivering self-service automation with Terraform to empower engineering teams.
Let's map your fastest path to value on AWS.
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Ready to Cut Your AWS Bill by 20-40%?
Book a free 30-minute strategy call and I'll show you exactly where your biggest cost savings and security wins are hiding. You'll walk away with actionable insights whether we work together or not.
What you'll get in our call:
- 3-5 immediate cost optimization opportunities
- Security gap assessment and quick wins
- Personalized roadmap for your next 90 days
✅ No obligation • Fixed-scope packages • Immediate value delivery
Who I Am
Cloud and DevOps/FinOps engineer with 15+ years of experience bridging the gap between finance, operations, and engineering. Proven track record of reducing cloud spend by up to 30% while improving delivery pipelines, governance, and team culture.
Former developer turned automation and infrastructure specialist. Passionate about teaching, building cross‑functional bridges, and modernizing cloud‑native systems with a strong emphasis on cost efficiency.
Capabilities Snapshot
- Well-Architected reviews, multi-account landing zones
- Serverless & containers, security-by-design
- Cost efficiency and governance
- CI/CD pipelines and platform automation
- Shift-left security, SBOM & signed artifacts
- Policies, guardrails, and compliance
- Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/OpenShift)
- Helm & Nomad, GitOps workflows
- Scalable, reliable, cost-aware platforms
- AWS Bedrock pilots & vector DB integrations
- AlphaFold compute automation with Step Functions
- MLOps & developer productivity tooling
- Terraform & CloudFormation for reproducible envs
- Environments, GitOps & policy-as-code
- Modular, testable infrastructure
- Lambda, Step Functions, EventBridge
- Event-driven automation & workflows
- Cost-aware orchestration
- SAST, DAST, SCA in CI/CD
- Secrets management & remediation workflows
- GitHub Advanced Security & dependency reviews
- Right-sizing & auto-scaling
- RI & Savings Plans strategy
- KPI-driven reviews & forecasting
- CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana dashboards
- SLOs, alerting & runbooks
- Telemetry and tracing for reliability
- Cloud/DevOps workshops & training
- CCoE leadership & governance models
- Developer enablement & advocacy
How We Work
Case Studies & Results
Real outcomes from recent engagements.
E-commerce Platform
Right-sizing, SPs, autoscaling; budgets & dashboards for ongoing control.
Media Infrastructure
SLOs + observability; CI/CD & IaC guardrails; fewer incidents, lower MTTR.
Developer Platform
GitOps golden path; faster, safer delivery pipelines with security built-in.
What Clients Say
References available on request.
“Pragmatic, fast, and collaborative. We hit our savings targets and improved our ways of working.”
“Brought structure to FinOps and gave the team the tools to sustain it.”
“A trusted partner who balances cost, risk, and velocity.”
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers to common questions.
How do you measure success?
We agree on KPIs upfront (savings, reliability, delivery metrics) and track them weekly. For sprints, we aim for a clear ROI within 60–90 days.
Can you work with our existing tools?
Yes. I integrate with your stack (AWS native, Prometheus, GitHub, Terraform, etc.) and improve what's already working.
Do you offer training?
Workshops on FinOps, cost optimization, and DevOps best practices are included in advisory or can be booked separately.
Ready to modernize your AWS platform?
Book a 30-min call — I'll map the fastest path to value for your team.
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Email: [email protected]
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LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mateusz-drankowski
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YouTube: youtube.com/@mattdrankowski
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Location: Kraków, Poland